1. On November 22, 1782, South Carolina Governor Benjamin Guerard signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the American Revolutionary War for South Carolina.

2. In 1819, the first steamship to navigate the Savannah River arrived in Augusta, Georgia, after departing from Hamburg, South Carolina, on November 22.

3. On November 22, 1860, South Carolina Governor William Henry Gist issued a proclamation calling for a special convention to consider secession from the United States, leading to the state's eventual secession in December of that year.

4. In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. South Carolina residents joined the nation in mourning the loss of the beloved President.

5. On November 22, 1962, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks played their first ever basketball game in the new Carolina Coliseum, defeating The Citadel 63-50. Today, the arena is known as the Colonial Life Arena and serves as the home court for the Gamecocks basketball teams.